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Quote by Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themsel

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton

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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton

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If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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